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Diestock :: Diestock (n.) A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws..

Cup :: Cup (v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw..

Thread :: Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1..

Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Blank :: Blank (n.) A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts..

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..

Mesquit :: Mesquit (n.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite..

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..

Race :: Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea..

Unscrew :: Unscrew (v. t.) To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it..

Auger :: Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis..

Bottlescrew :: Bottlescrew (n.) A corkscrew.

Helix :: Helix (n.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane..

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